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Investigators remain unsure whether the bomb threat at Columbine High School on Dec. 13 was part of a trend of such threats that were reported at multiple locations across the United States and three other countries.

National news outlets reported that courthouses, universities, newspaper offices and other locations received e-mails containing bomb threats in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

In the Colorado high school tennis world, everybody who’s anybody knows Holmes from his back-to-back 5A state titles the past two seasons. But that’s not all that’s keeping him busy.

As a scholar with the Chargers, Holmes has prided himself in his academics throughout the past four years of his high school career. He’s boosted his GPA — which he estimates is somewhere between a 4.0 and a 4.5 — with numerous honors and AP classes.

LITTLETON — Dec. 12 served as a girls basketball preview of the Class 5A Jeffco League.

Valor Christian moved from 4A Jeffco up to the 5A Jeffco this year after winning back-to-back 4A state titles in 2015 and 2016. The Eagles, ranked No. 7 in the latest CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basketball poll, had a road test at Columbine.

Valor looked impressive from start to finish, taking a 54-24 victory over the Rebels (1-2 record).

An inmate at the Jefferson County Jail died Sunday after being taken to St. Anthony Hospital due to “declining health issues.”

Jeffery John Gillis, 68, was taken to the hospital the day prior to his death, according to a press release from the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office. Although his health improved at first, Gillis later “suffered a medical event” just before 2 a.m. and ultimately died.

Gillis had been arrested by the Lakewood Police Department in August on charges of obstructing government operations and resisting arrest.

A man who lives in Ken Caryl is hoping that thieves who ransacked his truck on Dec. 12 will return the personal items they took.
Arnold Davis, who lives on Park Range Road, said thieves entered his unlocked truck at his home and took his wallet and some clothes, and used his stolen credit cards. While those things can be replaced, other things that were taken can’t.